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The Queue Problem (Constructive Feedback)
prunetracy
Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
As most people are aware, there are long queues to get in the game. That's not unexpected for a new mmo, and perhaps particularly because this one is free and anyone can try it. Though, for a case study in how you can launch an MMO without queues, take a look at GW2.
Here are my problems with the queue:
1. Once you've logged in, you cannot swap characters without going back into the queue. I was annoyed during beta that logging off a character logged off an account, but with a queue the problem is significantly worse.
2. Disconnecting does not a leave a reconnect window either. This is annoying by itself, but if you're playing with a party now they're stuck waiting too (or moving on without you).
3. I can't access the store from outside the game. Like right now I want to buy more character slots. I have to wait in the queue, buy the slots, log out, make my character, then wait in the queue again.
In short: There needs to be a short window where you can log in again after logging out without being placed into the queue again. Yes, I realize this would lengthen queue times.
Here are my problems with the queue:
1. Once you've logged in, you cannot swap characters without going back into the queue. I was annoyed during beta that logging off a character logged off an account, but with a queue the problem is significantly worse.
2. Disconnecting does not a leave a reconnect window either. This is annoying by itself, but if you're playing with a party now they're stuck waiting too (or moving on without you).
3. I can't access the store from outside the game. Like right now I want to buy more character slots. I have to wait in the queue, buy the slots, log out, make my character, then wait in the queue again.
In short: There needs to be a short window where you can log in again after logging out without being placed into the queue again. Yes, I realize this would lengthen queue times.
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They could accomplish having 0 ques with having just 1 server with instancing and this type of game, the number of servers you see on log on aren't the issue here.
(example: Guild Wars 1, not 2, because 2 sucks, but 1 because they did just that)
P.S. Totally agree!
They had to lower the capacity of the servers because there was huge lag issues, which is why this is such a problem, hopefully they fix it though, I want to play!
Agreed I have been trying to convince people of that but too many people think each server is just an oversized pc in the back room plugged to an ethernet cable.
What are you smoking? Even if your example was true, that 1 server is not one server once you begin instancing you usually add more servers. So essentially your still adding servers you just making it appear to be one server. Which if your going to do that you might as well open up whole new realms.
Well, you whipped that up quick.
Funny, that 29486 was the number for me too...
Maybe 29486 is Neverwinter's curse... a new Spellplague... The Spellqueue...
Odd, because 486 is my favorite number...
They could open up new dimensions for all I care, just make it so that people can play the game. Every mmo ever has had to open new servers, why hasnt this one done so yet.